Egypt And Mesopotamia Essay

The Mesopotamians and Egyptians both built their civilizations around a river-valley even though it flooded quite often because they believed that water was a gift from God and both of their civilizations were devoted to their faith, so they did not want to disrespect their higher powers. Mesopotamian civilization was on the Tigris and Euphrates river while the Egyptian civilization was on the Nile River. Even though both civilizations connected the river to their higher power they had different views on the river. In Mesopotamian society, the people were afraid of the river and prayed to their gods to not kill them with the floods. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, there is a short story within it about Gilgamesh and the Flood. In Gilgamesh and
They both were religious groups that the rivers had a large impact on their religions because both thought the ways the rivers would react would show the mood of their higher powers. Both civilizations were agricultural based because of the rivers being near them. While Egyptians were able to trade because of the rivers the Mesopotamians could not because of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers were too vicious for any trade to happen. Since the Egyptians had irrigation systems they were able to store water for when there was a drought and they needed water for their crops and the Mesopotamians did not have an irrigation system so there crops would die from lack of water. Both civilizations would connect their government with their religions. The Mesopotamians had city states that were self controlled while the Egyptians had only one ruler which was a Pharaoh. The Mesopotamians would worship their gods as figurines and statues while the Egyptians worshiped their pharaohs as their gods. Both civilizations had their entire society based off the rivers and the rivers were a main element to how to the civilizations became what they